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about 1000 protestors set fire to cars and damaged government buildings. the vaccination program for children in the developing world. among the donors includes the computer billionaire bill gates. putting america back to work has been the obama administration's top priority for years. it could be the issue which decides whether the president keeps his job for another term. the party hopefuls take to the stage in new hampshire for debate tonight. president obama held an event of his own to prove that he has not lost sight of that all- important mission. obama hit the road today to talk economics, but his destination was pure politics. north carolina is in need of some serious presidential wooing. the state did not give him a ringing endorsement in 2008. dewpoint five years later, their jobless rate is higher than the national average -- 2.5 years later. it did not stop him from sounding optimistic. >> from all the hits we have taken, we are still american. we have the largest economy in the world, the best workers in the world, the finest universities, and
about 1000 protestors set fire to cars and damaged government buildings. the vaccination program for children in the developing world. among the donors includes the computer billionaire bill gates. putting america back to work has been the obama administration's top priority for years. it could be the issue which decides whether the president keeps his job for another term. the party hopefuls take to the stage in new hampshire for debate tonight. president obama held an event of his own to...
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divided government. and it's difficult to get people to work together and get things done. >> woodruff: not just difficult, mr. speaker, people look and say "work isn't getting done." >> we've got 40 jobs bills sitting in the united states senate. we have a bill to replace the sequester that's due to go into effect january 2 sitting in the senate. we have a bill to... all these passed the house and are sitting in the united states senate. time to get to work. >> woodruff: so it's all the senate's fault? >> we're doing our fault. >> woodruff: speaker of the house of representatives john boehner, good to see you. >> ifill: as the convention prepares to nominate vice presidential nominee paul ryan, mitt romney came to camp as well today. he's expected to be on hand in some manner tonight. here his wife ann's convention speech which is the highlight later this evening. joining us for insight is eric fehrnstrom, top spokesman for the romney campaign and a close romney advisor for more than a decade. welcome,
divided government. and it's difficult to get people to work together and get things done. >> woodruff: not just difficult, mr. speaker, people look and say "work isn't getting done." >> we've got 40 jobs bills sitting in the united states senate. we have a bill to replace the sequester that's due to go into effect january 2 sitting in the senate. we have a bill to... all these passed the house and are sitting in the united states senate. time to get to work. >>...
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government is increasingly blunt in its assessment of the assad government's fate. a top state department official frederick hof appeared at a house hearing yesterday. >> our view is that this regime is the equivalent of dead man walking. but the real question is how many steps remain. i think it is very, very, very difficult to predict or project how much time this regime has. the more time it has, the worse for syria, the worse for the >> brown: for now, the u.s., european union, arab league and turkey have tightened sanctions on syria. action by the u.n. security council, however, has been stymied by opposition from russia and china. late today russia offered a draft u.n. resolution calling on all parties to end the violence. for more on the situation in syria and the casualties, we turn to ivan simonovic, assistant secretary-general for human rights. thank you for being with us. it was on monday that your boss put the death toll at 5,000. what you can tell us about who its victims are and how they are killed? >> well, there are various categories of victims. mos
government is increasingly blunt in its assessment of the assad government's fate. a top state department official frederick hof appeared at a house hearing yesterday. >> our view is that this regime is the equivalent of dead man walking. but the real question is how many steps remain. i think it is very, very, very difficult to predict or project how much time this regime has. the more time it has, the worse for syria, the worse for the >> brown: for now, the u.s., european union,...
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he'd been a leader of the opposition to the islamist-led coalition government. belaid was gunned down this morning as he left his house in tunis, and taken to a nearby medical clinic where he was declared dead. within hours, thousands of people massed near the interior ministry and elsewhere with police firing tear gas, as the protesters fought back with stones. belaid's brother joined in charging the ruling ennahda party was either behind the killing or did nothing to prevent it. >> ( translated ): the message is: you shut up or we kill you. the ennahda party wants to rule the country on its own. actually, he has been receiving threats of murder for a long time. >> warner: officials of ennahda denied any role, and in france, tunisia's moderate islamist president moncef marsouki condemned the belaid killing. >> ( translated ): this assassination took place today itself, with the knowledge that i was to speak to you. this is a threat, it is a letter that has been sent but which will not be received. we refuse this letter, we refuse this message and we will contin
he'd been a leader of the opposition to the islamist-led coalition government. belaid was gunned down this morning as he left his house in tunis, and taken to a nearby medical clinic where he was declared dead. within hours, thousands of people massed near the interior ministry and elsewhere with police firing tear gas, as the protesters fought back with stones. belaid's brother joined in charging the ruling ennahda party was either behind the killing or did nothing to prevent it. >> (...
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, another shut down the government, boys. and he decided not to do that. for legitimate reasons. they were afraid of what would happen to the economy. so he folded a little bit there. i think they'll know he will do that again. >> woodruff: because he thought they would act on it. >> he was afraid of going to the brink and shutting down the government, because he thought the economy would take a hit, which he was right about, and he ciefd in a little and i assume republicans know that will happen again. >> i think there's intensity to blink on both side asht least in terms of the government running out of money. we'll see what happens when we get to the very close issue of what happens with the debt ceiling. but, yes, the president has had a history of blinking. i think the republicans may be more more likely to blink at least over the defunding of obamacare. >> the republicans have a strong incentive to blink, too. >> everybody is blinking. >> woodruff: nothing to do with blinking, but, ruth, the newspaper for which you writ
, another shut down the government, boys. and he decided not to do that. for legitimate reasons. they were afraid of what would happen to the economy. so he folded a little bit there. i think they'll know he will do that again. >> woodruff: because he thought they would act on it. >> he was afraid of going to the brink and shutting down the government, because he thought the economy would take a hit, which he was right about, and he ciefd in a little and i assume republicans know...
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he says they were government soldiers and militiamen. his brother and uncle were arrested. when his mother tried to stop them, there were all shot. at just two months, this baby girl is now an orphan. relatives say she was wounded by what they call government thugs in uniform. >> this baby is my niece. they killed her mother, my sister. >> what of the response? the u.n. says the government broke international law by firing into civilian areas but it is not blaming damascus for the killing. >> those responsible for these brutal crimes must be held to account. >> the syrian government does not deny there was a massacre. it blames what it calls terrorists. >> of light to condemn also on behalf of my government the lies that were said a few minutes ago by some members of the council. >> while the world wrings its hands, the men with guns have already made their response known. these are rebel fighters in beijing government troops. there has been fighting elsewhere, too. the fear is the answer to the death in hula will only be more violence and death. >> a fire at a shopping mal
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it was supposed to be a unity government. it was brought together partly by the united states which helped broker a deal in which there would be a wide-ranging coalition. now that coalition has really frayed and it would take hours to get into the complications of exactly how dysfunctional the political system has been but among the highlights are a sunni vice president wanteded for terrorism who refuses to come back for trial, no defense minister, no interior minister, almost a year after elections were held. despite that, this country sort of stumbles along and it's one of the astonishing things. so they are talking about a national reconciliation conference, if you will, of political leaders to try to solve some of this but clearly when you do not have a coherent stable political system it really sews unrest and fear and a lot of iraqis in the streets if you go out today and ask them-- which we've done-- who they think is behind this they'll say al qaeda. but they also say it's political violence and by that they mean very
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government said anything in response? >> i believe jay carney z the white house spokesman did make some comments about this in a press conference, i believe it was today but that's just hearsay from a hacker convention that i'm attending here in vegas. i do know that mcav-- mcafee has been briefing white house, the congress, other executive agencies and i received a statement from senator feinstein that it sent a select committee on intelligence expressing her extreme concern after reading this report. >> warner: well, more to come, michael joseph gross, thank you so much. and good reporting. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and to another in our film project collaboration with "the economist" magazine to take us places we don't ordinarily go. tonight, the filmmakers rebecca haimowitz and vaishali sinha come from the united states and india. together, they weave a very human story that crosses international boundaries. it's about an american couple, lisa and brian switzer, who travel halfway around the world to fulfill their dr
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and it's one of those issues where both the north sudanese government and the government of south sudan are going to have to cooperate to keep the oil flowing it is sort of a mutually assured destruction where if either of them disputes then the oil flow could be cut off. and both of them need it but the government of south sudan is particularly vulnerable because the southern budget is 98% dependent on oil so unless that oil keeps flowing, they are very, very vulnerable. and they really have a huge need to diversify their economy. >> woodruff: rebecca hamilton, what are the other main challenges facing this new country? >> can i just say before the challenges that it's a huge moment of expectation because i think we can get so quickly bogged down in the challenges and what you have here is the greatest resource, is the people among whom everybody knows someone without died in that war. and so the stakes are so huge to make this project in south sudan work to honor the memory of those killed. but the challenges are enormous. and i think the first one is whether this government, this new
and it's one of those issues where both the north sudanese government and the government of south sudan are going to have to cooperate to keep the oil flowing it is sort of a mutually assured destruction where if either of them disputes then the oil flow could be cut off. and both of them need it but the government of south sudan is particularly vulnerable because the southern budget is 98% dependent on oil so unless that oil keeps flowing, they are very, very vulnerable. and they really have a...
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so this issue of the power of government, the role of government is certainly part of that. now, this is different than distrust in the government. it's certainly part of it. but it's one particular element. >> and did i understand you to say it's independents as well as republicans? >> right. many of them are the independents that lean republicans. the democrats are less of this view. but if we went back to the bush years the democrats were more inclined to say than the republicans that the government personally threatened them. now, they were worried about different things. they were worried about warrantless wiretaps and the loss of personal freedoms and a war against terrorism but there's kind of a regime effect but the public both right and left really are quite worried that government is going to threaten what the values and thing that they hold. >> woodruff: how has this changed over time since you've been polling. t'>> is been an up-and-down thing. it relates to >>the things that are going on in the issues tha are in play. >> woodruff: and we're showing -- i think ti
so this issue of the power of government, the role of government is certainly part of that. now, this is different than distrust in the government. it's certainly part of it. but it's one particular element. >> and did i understand you to say it's independents as well as republicans? >> right. many of them are the independents that lean republicans. the democrats are less of this view. but if we went back to the bush years the democrats were more inclined to say than the republicans...
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it's not this government's problem and it won't be the government's next biggestme problem. the biggest problem with be dealing with a failing economy.no it will far eclipse al qaeda. >>warn er: chris boucek and barbara bodine, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: now, decades after the vietnam war, some private universities are taking a newea look at r.o.t.c. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports. >> reporter: if students at stanford in palo alto california want to join the army's reserve officer training corps, they have to come here to santa clara university 16 miles away to attend class. >> carry on. >> reporter: stanford, like many private schools, severed ties with rotc 40 years ago pushing it off campus. the situation that could be about to change. >> if you're going to become an army officer you have a type-a personality.a you're all leader. >> reporter: >> reporter: in the 1960s, with the vietnam war raging, students and faculty at universities across the country made campus r.o.t.c. programs a target off demonstrations and demands. the mood was anti-war
it's not this government's problem and it won't be the government's next biggestme problem. the biggest problem with be dealing with a failing economy.no it will far eclipse al qaeda. >>warn er: chris boucek and barbara bodine, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: now, decades after the vietnam war, some private universities are taking a newea look at r.o.t.c. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports. >> reporter: if students at stanford in palo alto california...
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is the government prepared to handle all this? >> the government says they are. the department of homeland security is used to handling six million visa applications and residency applications a year. this could addo that program almost two million pieces of paperwork. so that's more than a 25% increase and it's unclear as to whether or not the government has the work force or money to handle that workload. >> woodruff: brian bennett with the los angeles angels of anaheim, thank you very much. >> happy to be here. >> brown: we'll be back shortly with the "daily download," our regular look at the campaign and social media. but first: this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> we thank you for joining us this evening. i'm paul anthony with patty kim. when your day is filled with demands and distractions, isn't it comforting to sit down to the pbs newshour? you know it will be calm, rational and informative. it's one hour of your day you can count on being well-spent. so during this brief intermission, we
is the government prepared to handle all this? >> the government says they are. the department of homeland security is used to handling six million visa applications and residency applications a year. this could addo that program almost two million pieces of paperwork. so that's more than a 25% increase and it's unclear as to whether or not the government has the work force or money to handle that workload. >> woodruff: brian bennett with the los angeles angels of anaheim, thank you...
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but the, to turn to government for the answer-- government has been cutting jobs. we know that the government especially state/local governments continue to... continue to cut jobs. and i think obama, he mentioned well let's hire more teachers and that, that would certainly alleviate it but, i think a lot of people don't expect government to necessarily solve the jobs problem but it would be nice if government wasn't the job's problem. >> reporter: well, i'm glad you brought that up because one subject that jim lehrer did introduce which is kind of tough to talk about in that forum, even here is the role of government. both men were talking in a very highly contentious way and also in some aspects agreeing about government having a role in the day to day lives of americans. did that help? did that clarify anything? >> for me, it helped soften romney. to hear it right from the horse's mouth that he does believe in the role of government helping in day to day maybe not to the extent of obama does was helpful. >> i think that, you know, if we look at government in the
but the, to turn to government for the answer-- government has been cutting jobs. we know that the government especially state/local governments continue to... continue to cut jobs. and i think obama, he mentioned well let's hire more teachers and that, that would certainly alleviate it but, i think a lot of people don't expect government to necessarily solve the jobs problem but it would be nice if government wasn't the job's problem. >> reporter: well, i'm glad you brought that up...
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the russian president urged the government to negotiate with the government and they insist president asad must step down. i'm pleased to have ambassador rice back to talk about all this. it's been a busy week for you. >> indeed. >> charlie: tell me where we are. >> after russ and china made the decision to block a resolution of the security council that would have provided strong political backing to the arab league's plan to orchestrate a transition where eventually asad would step down and there would be the opportunity for democratic elections we're at a difficult point. it may just be tragically the space for a negotiated settlement is diminishing. this opportunity which was missed and defeated by russia and china on saturday by the arab league had the best chance to push them to a settlement and we've all been horrified to watch the violences intensified and has taken what has been a license to escalate the killing and countries around the world because 13 of 15 countries from around the world were in support of this are now consulting very carefully how to escalate the politica
the russian president urged the government to negotiate with the government and they insist president asad must step down. i'm pleased to have ambassador rice back to talk about all this. it's been a busy week for you. >> indeed. >> charlie: tell me where we are. >> after russ and china made the decision to block a resolution of the security council that would have provided strong political backing to the arab league's plan to orchestrate a transition where eventually asad...
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he called for other top officials to quit the syrian government and hasten its demise. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: a boy leads a mourning at a funeral for his father. for those who suffer so much, this must seem truly like a war without end. but today, from a longtime loyalist, a claim that assad's time is almost up. riyad hijab, the prime minister who switched sides, called the regime an enemy of god. morally, financially, militarily, it is collapsing, he said. mr. hijab believes regime forces control just 30% of the country, but they dominate 100% of the sky. rebels say a nato no-fly zone would end the war quickly. in syria, diplomacy is at an end, though baroness amos said the united nations is in damascus to try to reach a deal to increase the flow of emergency aid. >> i think it's important that all parties to the conflict recognize that it is ordinary men and women who are caught up in the middle of this, and that it's important that the fighting stops. >> reporter: the basics of life- - bread, medicine, safe shelter
he called for other top officials to quit the syrian government and hasten its demise. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: a boy leads a mourning at a funeral for his father. for those who suffer so much, this must seem truly like a war without end. but today, from a longtime loyalist, a claim that assad's time is almost up. riyad hijab, the prime minister who switched sides, called the regime an enemy of god. morally, financially, militarily, it is...
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the federal government or private owners? the answer to that question could have broad impact throughout the american west as well as the rest of the country. marcia coyle was in the courtroom for today's arguments and she joins us now. >> so this started as a challenge for public education funding? >> right, a group of parents who felt that montana's educational system was underfunded, brought the first lawsuit against the power companies. they ultimately were thrown out of court and the state stepped in to carry the lawsuit forward. >> ifill: why is there any disagreement about who owns the land? it seems like the government is always owned by the land, the them? >> this is interesting that it's happening more than 100 years after montana entered the union. but it hasn't been litigated much. what happens is when the territory became a state the rule was that the united states gave title to the state of the navigable waters in that state. and there hasn't been much litigation over how to define navigable. there are a couple
the federal government or private owners? the answer to that question could have broad impact throughout the american west as well as the rest of the country. marcia coyle was in the courtroom for today's arguments and she joins us now. >> so this started as a challenge for public education funding? >> right, a group of parents who felt that montana's educational system was underfunded, brought the first lawsuit against the power companies. they ultimately were thrown out of court...
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under control of the government? >> reporter: under control of the government. >> yes, not allowed. >> reporter: they tell you only once a week. >> yes. >> reporter: so the editors here print under two slightly different titles to get around the prohibition. but in recent months, reformers in the government, including a new president, started to relax the country's tight media controls. than htut aung is eleven media's founder and publisher. >> ( translated ): changes have really come about within a year. it was entirely impossible for us to talk to you one year ago, because we had to fear everything then. we were concerned not only about the news we were going to publish, but also about the news already published, even if it got past the censorship board. we were concerned about unfair legal charges. now, government pressure has relatively subsided. >> reporter: eleven media has first-hand experience with harsh repression. in 2003, an editor was sentenced to death over a story alleging misuse of an international gra
under control of the government? >> reporter: under control of the government. >> yes, not allowed. >> reporter: they tell you only once a week. >> yes. >> reporter: so the editors here print under two slightly different titles to get around the prohibition. but in recent months, reformers in the government, including a new president, started to relax the country's tight media controls. than htut aung is eleven media's founder and publisher. >> ( translated...
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>> yes, the government announced an evaluation while chavez was away. they said that was a decision that was consulled with them. of course it was a decision that many experts thought that the government might put off for a bit longer precisely because it is rather controversial decision that was criticized by the main opposition leader. >> suarez: did the prices of oil consumer goods immediately rise once that evaluation was announced? >> no, they didn't. and the reason for that is a bit complicated. but it's basic allegation that the government is sort of easing in to the devaluation by allowing some purchases of certain goods that were already approved through the government currency agency for a limited time because they were already approved that those purchases can be made and those dollars can be made available. that is lessening somewhat the immediate impact on inflation although inflation is already at 22% and most economists say they think it's likely to be pushed higher as a result of the devaluation. >> suarez: who would you say is really ru
>> yes, the government announced an evaluation while chavez was away. they said that was a decision that was consulled with them. of course it was a decision that many experts thought that the government might put off for a bit longer precisely because it is rather controversial decision that was criticized by the main opposition leader. >> suarez: did the prices of oil consumer goods immediately rise once that evaluation was announced? >> no, they didn't. and the reason for...
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we're a government of laws where a government of checks and balances. and the executive branch is-- to itself something that the people's representatives in congress rejected two years ago when his party, not mine, were in charge of both houses of congress. >> brown: but you heard cecilia munoz and the argument is that the secretary has to make decisions about resources, how to use them, how to apply things. >> she is supposed to enforce the law. if she doesn't have enough money, she should go and ask congress for more. it's as simple as that. whenever we've had a need for a national security or public safety issue, congress has always followed the recommendations of the white house regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep america safe and to enforce our laws. >> brown: now let me ask you about the politics of this on your side. we heard in our settup piece mitt romney say that he wants a longer-term solution. when reporters asked him whether he would overturn this specifically, he didn't respond. you have governor rubbio who h
we're a government of laws where a government of checks and balances. and the executive branch is-- to itself something that the people's representatives in congress rejected two years ago when his party, not mine, were in charge of both houses of congress. >> brown: but you heard cecilia munoz and the argument is that the secretary has to make decisions about resources, how to use them, how to apply things. >> she is supposed to enforce the law. if she doesn't have enough money,...
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government bonds. now, the president has proposed he be given authority to raise the debt ceiling without congressional action. house republicans reject that idea. and they've called for raising revenue without rate hikes, plus major savings in entitlement programs. the president argued today a partial deal is possible on taxes, if the g.o.p. will agree to raise rates on the top 2%. >> and if we can get the leadership on the republican side to take that framework, to acknowledge that reality, then the numbers actually aren't that far apart. another way of putting this is, we can probably solve this in about a week. >> reporter: despite issuing a warning to congressional republicans, the president also expressed optimism that some gop lawmakers may be warming to the idea of allowing taxes on the wealthy to rise. but here at the capitol today, congressional republican leaders said the president should focus less on tax increases and more on spending cuts >> we put an offer on the table. now he has out of
government bonds. now, the president has proposed he be given authority to raise the debt ceiling without congressional action. house republicans reject that idea. and they've called for raising revenue without rate hikes, plus major savings in entitlement programs. the president argued today a partial deal is possible on taxes, if the g.o.p. will agree to raise rates on the top 2%. >> and if we can get the leadership on the republican side to take that framework, to acknowledge that...
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he's not proposing ending all government guarantees is that right. >> yes. he's talking about a senate proposal which is bipartisan at least in the senate that talks about setting up a federal mortgage insurance corporation that would operate somewhat like the federal deposit insurance corporation in that it would collect money from lenders and in return give them a government guarantee. >> warner: it would be fees paid. >> exactly. >> warner: explicitly. what is the thinking behind this as to how this would prevent the kind of unscrupulous lending to unqualified borrowers that really precipitated the whole housing crises? >> well the legislation specifically says the only type of mortgages that can go into these new securities insured by the federal mortgage insurance corporation would be super safe. they would have to be, couldn't have any features that were considered predatory or anti-consumer. so they would be the safest mortgages that we'd have. >> warner: we're really talking about tighter regulation. >> it's tighter regulation but it's modeled after
he's not proposing ending all government guarantees is that right. >> yes. he's talking about a senate proposal which is bipartisan at least in the senate that talks about setting up a federal mortgage insurance corporation that would operate somewhat like the federal deposit insurance corporation in that it would collect money from lenders and in return give them a government guarantee. >> warner: it would be fees paid. >> exactly. >> warner: explicitly. what is the...
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evan had a b.a.in history as of june of 2009, a job in town government, a town just north of cape cod didn't pan out. so? >> i went on craigs list and looked up every tutoring assistant teacher, you know, anything with even remotely... i think i applied to a driving school. so far i got two emails back. >> reporter: making just $72 a week, he moved back home where his older brother had lived for years. in december, 2010, he found steady work as a substitute teacher. he's now also pursuing a graduate degree. all the while, living at home. >> if your children come home and they're making tracks toward the future, then it seems like a very reasonable likelihood that they're going to be fine. then families feel quite comfortable about it. few it feels indefinite, if it's not clear it's going to work out, if their plans don't materialize, that sets off a wave of anxiety in american households. we tend to make that nervousness rain down on them in the form of persistent questions: did you apply for jobs today? did you look for that master's degree program? and try to negotiate very delicate
evan had a b.a.in history as of june of 2009, a job in town government, a town just north of cape cod didn't pan out. so? >> i went on craigs list and looked up every tutoring assistant teacher, you know, anything with even remotely... i think i applied to a driving school. so far i got two emails back. >> reporter: making just $72 a week, he moved back home where his older brother had lived for years. in december, 2010, he found steady work as a substitute teacher. he's now also...
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and i think this further erodes public confidence in government and public trust in government, and in that sense it helps the republicans. >> brown: this is too depressing for a holiday weekend. 30 secondes, david, anything you're thankful for in either american government or politics you'd like to put out there? >> well, you know, this is still a fundamentally strong country. we have an amazing culture of resilience and entrepreneurialism. all those who think they are in decline they're wrong. go to the king of prussia mall today and there are a lot of happy, full bags. >> brown: mark, you can top that? >> no, i echo that. i am fundamentally an incurable optimist, but it gets-- it get tested from time to time, and black friday is the time not to restore one's confidence in human nature with pepper spray being used at the wal-mart in san fernando valley. >> brown: happy thanksgiving. mark shields and david brooks, thanks a lot. lawyer >> warner: now, a japanese fishing port struggles to come back after the march tsunami devastated the town and its fleet. independent television news co
and i think this further erodes public confidence in government and public trust in government, and in that sense it helps the republicans. >> brown: this is too depressing for a holiday weekend. 30 secondes, david, anything you're thankful for in either american government or politics you'd like to put out there? >> well, you know, this is still a fundamentally strong country. we have an amazing culture of resilience and entrepreneurialism. all those who think they are in decline...
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. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez updates the bloodshed in syria as government troops bombarded the rebel-held city of homs and u.n. monitors reached the scene of the latest massacre. >> brown: from el salvador, we have the story of an epidemic of tooth decay in the countryside blamed largely on american junk food and sodas. >> when i go into a village and the kid was come flock around us and hug us and smile, that's when i saw, oh my god, their teeth are all block and rotten. i had never seen this before. what happened. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we look at the dashed hopes for a triple crown winner this year as the colt i'll have another is scratched from the belmont stakes after a leg injury. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> growing up in arctic norway, everybody took fish oil to stay healthy. when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil
. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez updates the bloodshed in syria as government troops bombarded the rebel-held city of homs and u.n. monitors reached the scene of the latest massacre. >> brown: from el salvador, we have the story of an epidemic of tooth decay in the countryside blamed largely on american junk food and sodas. >> when i go into a village and the kid was come flock around us and hug us and smile, that's when i saw, oh my god, their teeth are all block and rotten. i...
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government troops had attacked the towns on sunday. the reports today said at least 14 people have been killed in the fighting. and, hundreds have been arrested. northern sudan warned southern sudan today to withdraw from a disputed border region, but the south refused. the standoff raised new fears of a wider conflict, with thousands of people already displaced. i spoke earlier with rebecca hamilton of the pulitzer center, who's in the southern city of juba.at rebecca hamilton, thank you for joining us.. where are you now and what's happening there on the ground? >> you have to go back toa jub from several days further north up toward the north-south border of sudan. yesterday i flew over the place that the sudanese government attacked last weekend. i've been travelingn j the areas where upwards of 80,000 people fled to after the attack on the town. >> reporter: what's going on with theighting there and the talks in kmhartou to try to reach a settlement? >> well, the fighting at the moment has stopped because the sudanese government h
government troops had attacked the towns on sunday. the reports today said at least 14 people have been killed in the fighting. and, hundreds have been arrested. northern sudan warned southern sudan today to withdraw from a disputed border region, but the south refused. the standoff raised new fears of a wider conflict, with thousands of people already displaced. i spoke earlier with rebecca hamilton of the pulitzer center, who's in the southern city of juba.at rebecca hamilton, thank you for...
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the government faces losing its majority. a ugandan judge has ruled in favor of a petition to stop a media company outing homosexuals. it exposes the people to possible attack. -- gay people to possible attack. he managed to run to a runoff. the battle is on to succeed him. the name of one candidate has a familiar ring. >> he led one of the most successful and feared movements. he ruineone through to the next round. at the age of 82, the father of the party is ready to step aside. he is backing his daughter to succeed him. >> politics swallow me up and i decided to carry on my dad's 52 carry on for the french people and france. if we do not do it, i do not think anyone can do it. >> brain is not the first choice of the ultra-catholics. she wears jeans and is a twice divorced mother of three and is pro-abortion. they agree she is personable and difficult to dislike. there is someone who stands in her way. right hand of the old guard. he and marine are the same on immigration. >> we also are in favor of -- it is normal that the
the government faces losing its majority. a ugandan judge has ruled in favor of a petition to stop a media company outing homosexuals. it exposes the people to possible attack. -- gay people to possible attack. he managed to run to a runoff. the battle is on to succeed him. the name of one candidate has a familiar ring. >> he led one of the most successful and feared movements. he ruineone through to the next round. at the age of 82, the father of the party is ready to step aside. he is...
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the new government is consolidating the control over the country. and one of the world's-- world's longest serving dictators is no more. one year ago the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up and demanded their rights. and when qaddafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children, the world refused to stand idly by. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends and allies stopped qaddafi's forces in their tracks. a coalition that included the united states, nato and arab nations persevered through the summer to protect libyan civilians. and meanwhile, the courageous libyan people fought for their own future and broke the back of the regime. so this is a momentous day in the history of libya. the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted, and with this enormous promise, the libyan people now have a great responsibility. to build an inclusive and tolerant and democratic libya that stands as the
the new government is consolidating the control over the country. and one of the world's-- world's longest serving dictators is no more. one year ago the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up and demanded their rights. and when qaddafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children, the world refused to stand idly by. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the...
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so the government was told by the israeli population that it must do it. and in spite of the fact that the youth would be suspected of doing it because of the elections, and the palestinians believed that because of the elections is legal-- israel would not do t the government had to do it. >> brown: when you think about the potential for escalation, though, can either side win this? i mean what are they after? >> the grim reality of this conflict, particularly in hamas and israel is that both sides, even when they bloody each other and end up with many body bags and casualties, mostly civilian palestinians, both of them in a crazy surreal way will claim victory. this is to the going to change the political reality. even if the israelis invade gaza as they did in 2008 when they inflicted-- killed 1300 palestinians, mostly civilian, there was no political solution. today the only thing that is still changing as i said, there is a regional strategic dynamics that are changing and domestic dynamics especially palestinians are changing, the american position i
so the government was told by the israeli population that it must do it. and in spite of the fact that the youth would be suspected of doing it because of the elections, and the palestinians believed that because of the elections is legal-- israel would not do t the government had to do it. >> brown: when you think about the potential for escalation, though, can either side win this? i mean what are they after? >> the grim reality of this conflict, particularly in hamas and israel...
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of utah and the federal government. thousands of jobs created. the only question was: could they pull all that gas out of the ground and make peace with environmentalists and indian tribes to save one of america's last great landscapes? brad miller, who runs regulatory affairs for anadarko, understood the importance of bringing environmental groups on board. >> if people can come to an agreement before you have to go to a regulatory agency, to discuss the opportunities for development, of course that's going to be a plus for the company and for the stakeholders involved. >> suarez: the secretary of the interior oversees the bureau of land management. with the parties already in agreement, there's no litigation, less hassle and more natural gas going to market right away. >> my view that protecting the environment and developing oil and gas are not mutually exclusive. those that say that are providing us with a false choice. >> suarez: so the wilderness alliance gets a pristine river valley for its constituents and they
of utah and the federal government. thousands of jobs created. the only question was: could they pull all that gas out of the ground and make peace with environmentalists and indian tribes to save one of america's last great landscapes? brad miller, who runs regulatory affairs for anadarko, understood the importance of bringing environmental groups on board. >> if people can come to an agreement before you have to go to a regulatory agency, to discuss the opportunities for development, of...
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government tries to reassert. the problem is you have hundreds of thousands of people coming back out. assad can't put this genie back in the bottle. he's been trying over and over again for over ten months. he simply can't do it. the security solution isn't working. he isn't able to reform his way out of i he's in a dictator's dilemma. i don't think he knows how to get out of it. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: now to the philippines, a country struggling to cope with its rapidly growing population. tonight's story is part of a new project that looks at the challenge of feeding the world, in a time of social and environmental change. it's a newshour partnership with the center for investigative reporting, homelands productions, and american public media's marketplace. the project is called "food for nine billion." the reporter for tonight's story is sam eaton of homelands productions. >> reporter: the double barrier reef of this island in the southern philippines is is one of the richest marine biodive
government tries to reassert. the problem is you have hundreds of thousands of people coming back out. assad can't put this genie back in the bottle. he's been trying over and over again for over ten months. he simply can't do it. the security solution isn't working. he isn't able to reform his way out of i he's in a dictator's dilemma. i don't think he knows how to get out of it. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: now to the philippines, a country struggling to cope...
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off to internment camps inside government-held territory. >> this is government footage of some of those fleeing civilians before they were taken into custody by the army. but no one knows how many had died in the assault. >> suarez: the other serious charges against the government in the program come from footage too graphic for us to show. the video was apparently shot by government soldiers themselves and includes extensive evidence of rape, torture and extra- judicial killings of captive tamil soldiers. >> as thousands of terrified survivors struggled to escape the slaughter at the end of sri lanka's war in the end of may, 2009, triumphant government forces made sure no international observers were allowed anywhere near. the reason is now clear. while it is world was shown these official images of government forces meeting triumphantly on the beach, other members of those same forces were committing a series of horrific war crimes. the reason we know about these crimes is that some of them were recorded on mobile phones as grotesque war trophies. >> suarez: british prime minister dav
off to internment camps inside government-held territory. >> this is government footage of some of those fleeing civilians before they were taken into custody by the army. but no one knows how many had died in the assault. >> suarez: the other serious charges against the government in the program come from footage too graphic for us to show. the video was apparently shot by government soldiers themselves and includes extensive evidence of rape, torture and extra- judicial killings...
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he has strong and strange ties with the iranian government, with the belarusian government. they are watching carefully what's going on. but again his new condition, his new illness may change the equation also on that front. >> suarez: could he string out this uncertainty about his future, michael, well into the election season next year? >> well, he could. but he'll be weakened politically. i think right now there's a lot of compassion, sympathy for him, solidarity which is understandable. but the election is too far away for that to last very long. other factors like the situation of the country, i think, will really be much more relevant. and there is an opening for the opposition. i think there is a chance for somebody to come forward and say, i have a different solution to these problems because crime is out of control, the economic situation is terrible. i don't see any way that that's going to change between now and the election. if anything, it will get worse. >> suarez: is there enough social space for the opposition to speak openly like that? >> there's enough. i
he has strong and strange ties with the iranian government, with the belarusian government. they are watching carefully what's going on. but again his new condition, his new illness may change the equation also on that front. >> suarez: could he string out this uncertainty about his future, michael, well into the election season next year? >> well, he could. but he'll be weakened politically. i think right now there's a lot of compassion, sympathy for him, solidarity which is...
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the government says it has to do this said the government can save electricity. -- the power cut is called. it seems no aspect of life is immune. it is just before 10:00 in the evening. at this wedding is in full swing. people here feel is bad management, corruption, and poor infrastructure that has caused the massive energy problems. they are sick of paying the price. but they feel there is nothing they can do about it. the new energy-saving rules mean people will start their lives together -- this couple will start their lives together -- start their lives together -- means they will start their lives together in the dark. >> the world cup budget will be increased by 25% to make sure the tournament begins on time. our sports editor reports from south africa. >> this is the vision of south africa wants us all to see when the world cup kicks off next month. one of 10 at gleaming monuments to the country's new confidence as it prepares for the state's showpiece. people recently had to inject an additional 25% in to the budget. but it is still expected the world cup will break records for ma
the government says it has to do this said the government can save electricity. -- the power cut is called. it seems no aspect of life is immune. it is just before 10:00 in the evening. at this wedding is in full swing. people here feel is bad management, corruption, and poor infrastructure that has caused the massive energy problems. they are sick of paying the price. but they feel there is nothing they can do about it. the new energy-saving rules mean people will start their lives together --...
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either the pakistani government is incompetent or in cahoots. we have to ask questions i believe in public settings as well as in classified settings. this may be an opportunity to reset our relationship with pakistan. we invest $3 billion in pakistan every year. i think the vice chairman of the intelligence committee senator chambliss would agree that pakistan is too big to fail. 180 million muslims. there have to be consequences. this was a very, very serious situation. thank god we finally saw that justice was served in pakistan on bin laden. >> ifill: senator udall, i believe, you were just in a meeting with c.i.a. director panetta. you got a briefing along with some other senators. i know senator chambliss has had his own briefing. did you feel like this administration is tackling those questions about pakistan? >> the administration is beginning to tackle those questions. i know on the senate side we will. we're going to hold some hearings and be briefed tomorrow. these are crucial questions. we went in to afghanistan to find bin laden, to
either the pakistani government is incompetent or in cahoots. we have to ask questions i believe in public settings as well as in classified settings. this may be an opportunity to reset our relationship with pakistan. we invest $3 billion in pakistan every year. i think the vice chairman of the intelligence committee senator chambliss would agree that pakistan is too big to fail. 180 million muslims. there have to be consequences. this was a very, very serious situation. thank god we finally...
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government spending dropped, most dramatically in the defense sector. the report, though, also contained some positive developments: consumer spending and business investment were both up. and yesterday, the so-called case-shiller index found that housing prices grew in 20 major cities by an average of 5.5% over the previous year. it was the biggest gain in six years. we talk it through, with joel naroff, an economist, who heads his own consulting firm in pennsylvania. and roben farzad, a senior writer with bloomberg businessweek. joel naroff, let me start with you. this was a surprise to most people. what's behind the kr-pgs last quarter? >> well, it was largely the government's doing between the largest cutback of 40 years in defense which took well over a percentage point of growth out and the fears of falling off the fiscal cliff which caused businesses to be really, really cautious in their inventories and they failed dramatically, taking another percentage point or more out. those were the basic reasons. but, you know, as was noted, when you look
government spending dropped, most dramatically in the defense sector. the report, though, also contained some positive developments: consumer spending and business investment were both up. and yesterday, the so-called case-shiller index found that housing prices grew in 20 major cities by an average of 5.5% over the previous year. it was the biggest gain in six years. we talk it through, with joel naroff, an economist, who heads his own consulting firm in pennsylvania. and roben farzad, a...
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the chinese government denied the slowdown was actually much worse. meanwhile in italy, the moody's rating firm downgraded the country's bond rating by two notches. the news sparked anger on the streets in rome. >> the ratings agency has been running the italian political economy for the last several months. i presume they pressure the burr lus connie government to fall and now they're trying to create a hole in the boat of the monti government. >> sreenivasan: despite the downgrade, italy's latest bond auction went off relatively smoothly. and in spain, civil servants turned out in madrid to protest new austerity measures. they waved flags and signs decrying the added wage cuts and tax hikes. a popular dissident blogger in ethiopia was sentenced to 18 years in prison today. journalist eskinder nega was among 24 opposition activists found guilty on terror charges last month. an ethiopian court ruled that online articles written by nega were meant to stir up violence. the opposition accused the government of using terror laws to silence dissent. in mya
the chinese government denied the slowdown was actually much worse. meanwhile in italy, the moody's rating firm downgraded the country's bond rating by two notches. the news sparked anger on the streets in rome. >> the ratings agency has been running the italian political economy for the last several months. i presume they pressure the burr lus connie government to fall and now they're trying to create a hole in the boat of the monti government. >> sreenivasan: despite the...
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they don't want women out glowr where is the government in this? do they have the ability to protect aid workers. do they have the will to protect them? >> they certainly have the ability. i don't really think they have enough will. i think it's been very difficult, particularly for civilian authorities, to come out as strongly as they might like to against these attacks. they are still very concerned about the growing political power of the religious right in pakistan, and i think that has kept them in a number of cases from coming out and saying tore doing what is right. >> brown: to the extent they will just back off altogether. >> yes. obviously, they have police, they have army, they have people that can go in thees places and do a better job of trying to protect individual operations and schools and clinics, but it takes more than that. it takes leadership from the very top of the both the military and political establishment to say this simply is not acceptable. >> brown: what about at the local level? hundreds came out, and it-- >> peered i
they don't want women out glowr where is the government in this? do they have the ability to protect aid workers. do they have the will to protect them? >> they certainly have the ability. i don't really think they have enough will. i think it's been very difficult, particularly for civilian authorities, to come out as strongly as they might like to against these attacks. they are still very concerned about the growing political power of the religious right in pakistan, and i think that...
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the democrats are seen as the government party, the party of government. and if government just seems to be not working at all, democrats aren't going to be covered with glorpy or gold coming out of this. i mean, there's going to be a-- i think, a disfavor and a distaste toward the whole washington thing. republicans might suffer more, but democrats' reputations are not going to be enhanced. >> woodruff: now that we see there's no progress being made here in washington, we can look at new york, where the u.n. has been meeting this week, ramesh. we had margaret warner reporting on this earlier in the program. there does seem to be some sort of diplomatic opening between the president-- the president announced he hay phone call today with the president of iran. does this look like something serious could happen here? >> well, something could happen. i just wouldn't get bette on something actually happening yet. we have had signs in the past that there was going to be a thaw in u.s.-iran relations. you may remember back 20 years ago, everybody thought preside
the democrats are seen as the government party, the party of government. and if government just seems to be not working at all, democrats aren't going to be covered with glorpy or gold coming out of this. i mean, there's going to be a-- i think, a disfavor and a distaste toward the whole washington thing. republicans might suffer more, but democrats' reputations are not going to be enhanced. >> woodruff: now that we see there's no progress being made here in washington, we can look at new...
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chief amongould be the government. early on coming outpromising these things a you know i'm t saying we shouldn't tell people to be careful and that we need to wch what's going on but i think the was lot o hype, and that's partiallyhe media's fault. but the troub i you told peopleouould have20 -- you didn't, prident obamaid, we're going to have 120 milon doses of the vaccine 're nowhere clos to that. some peoe have been sick. in some cases it's bee more minor. e problem with that is you really create the run on the drug and there's no confidence that anydy including the governmet can do something about it. >> but you want t have people gettinghis vacne. so i think the public edution they did was a goodhing. the problem was, n having the vaccine to bk it up. >> that's right, that'sight. >> i think they did a great job ton public awareness campaign. >> bonnie: buthat if they said, we're going to pick a number,hatever numb it should have been, or what if theyadn't done athing, or what if they said, prite firms are promisi
chief amongould be the government. early on coming outpromising these things a you know i'm t saying we shouldn't tell people to be careful and that we need to wch what's going on but i think the was lot o hype, and that's partiallyhe media's fault. but the troub i you told peopleouould have20 -- you didn't, prident obamaid, we're going to have 120 milon doses of the vaccine 're nowhere clos to that. some peoe have been sick. in some cases it's bee more minor. e problem with that is you really...
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and the congolese government keep a kind of peace. but if people in congo think witnesses are not telling the truth or the court's not fair to both sides, violence could erupt again. the lubanga trial starts to go better for the prosecution. many young witnesses testify that they were child soldiers for thomas lubanga. >> we were taken forcefully. if you tried to refuse, you could be shot. >> the lubanga trial continues. the second congo trial is under way. and a third trial is starting. most of those indicted by the court are still free. and it seems unlikely that the prosecutor can ever really challenge the most powerful countries. but nobody likes to see people getting away with terrible crimes. the court exists because that desire for justice doesn't stop at the border. and if we want a less violent world, really, what alternative is there to the rule of law. >> brown: in august two and a half >> brown: in august, two and a half years after lubanga's trial began, lawyers delivered closing arguments. judges are now deliberating the
and the congolese government keep a kind of peace. but if people in congo think witnesses are not telling the truth or the court's not fair to both sides, violence could erupt again. the lubanga trial starts to go better for the prosecution. many young witnesses testify that they were child soldiers for thomas lubanga. >> we were taken forcefully. if you tried to refuse, you could be shot. >> the lubanga trial continues. the second congo trial is under way. and a third trial is...
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the federal government has a 24/7 hotline. and the district judge in that case misunderstood how the... how and when that provision of the law would operate so we clarified that in the alabama law. then there's some additional provisions where alabama really wanted to go as far as the state can per missbly go to discourage illegal immigration. there's plenty of things a state cannot do but this bill goes to those things a state can do. >> suarez: mary bauer, in your opening comments you made it quite clear you objected to the thrust of the alabama law but isn't the essence of the question at this point whether alabama can move ahead with measures like this one, barring children from schools, checking on whether you're renting to people who are legally in the country and so on? >> i think that is the question. and i think there is no doubt that the federal government stands with immigrants in alabama in saying this is not something a state is permitted to do. and so when mr. kobach advises the state of alabama that this law is
the federal government has a 24/7 hotline. and the district judge in that case misunderstood how the... how and when that provision of the law would operate so we clarified that in the alabama law. then there's some additional provisions where alabama really wanted to go as far as the state can per missbly go to discourage illegal immigration. there's plenty of things a state cannot do but this bill goes to those things a state can do. >> suarez: mary bauer, in your opening comments you...
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the government denies this. we can't authenticate these pictures, but they accord with eyewitness reports. 25 killed, doctors say. so much for the immediate cease- fire. >> they're still shelling. i hope you can hear gunfire in the background. about an hour ago, two shells landed across the road from the medical center into the local hotel there. >> reporter: colonel qaddafi had warned that his troops would have no mercy. "the u.n. had no right to intervene," he said, branding it madness. "if the world has gone crazy," he said, "then we will go crazy, too." at 2:00 a.m. local time, two hours after the u.n. vote, angry protesters interrupted an emergency news conference at our central tripoli hotel. "britain and america have let us all down once again," they chant. these demonstrators knew exactly where to come. they've invaded the hotel in which all the foreign journalists were staying. listen, a whole bunch of demonstrators have just invaded a hotel where foreign journalists... >> guys... guys... please, guys!
the government denies this. we can't authenticate these pictures, but they accord with eyewitness reports. 25 killed, doctors say. so much for the immediate cease- fire. >> they're still shelling. i hope you can hear gunfire in the background. about an hour ago, two shells landed across the road from the medical center into the local hotel there. >> reporter: colonel qaddafi had warned that his troops would have no mercy. "the u.n. had no right to intervene," he said,...
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to be but states will feel it when the federal government starts to cut. federal state and local finances are all very intertwined. >> what do you call for? what can happen sort of quickly? >> we don't attempt to tell the elected officials of this country how to apportion the cost of this between recipients of public services, public employees or taxpayers because in a democracy there's no absolute right or wrong answer. there's a question that should be resolved through negotiation and compromise. that's when our elected officials should be doing. >> you're saying be clear about the problem. >> i'm saying be honest about it. stop using our money and proceeds from the sale of assets and treating them as revenues. that's your recurring expenditures with recurring revenues. do five-year projections. inform the public. not mask the truth. tell people that we have a serious structural deficit in most states that the cities and counties of this country are going to be at the greatest point of this and the impact is going to rest in mostly on education infrastru
to be but states will feel it when the federal government starts to cut. federal state and local finances are all very intertwined. >> what do you call for? what can happen sort of quickly? >> we don't attempt to tell the elected officials of this country how to apportion the cost of this between recipients of public services, public employees or taxpayers because in a democracy there's no absolute right or wrong answer. there's a question that should be resolved through negotiation...
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i mean there is something that local governments and regional governments can do to help ameliorate these trends in terms of thinking about rather than concentrating and clustering these difficulties, dealing with the additional costs that come with those, they can do things like zone for affordable housing and mixed income areas. not just reinvesting in these neighborhoods to create opportunities but opening up opportunities elsewhere in the region where there might be better jobs and better schools. >> but just to pile on. all this happens as they have less money coming in, right. and as there is more poverty they have less tax resources coming in. >> right. and that makes it all the more important not to cluster these issues together in an isolated, economically segregated neighborhood where you are going to see higher crime rates, worse health outcomes, lower performing schools. the more we can integrate these neighborhoods through things like zoning, by making sure transportation policy is connecting people to areas of opportunity where the jobs are, the bet their is for the region a
i mean there is something that local governments and regional governments can do to help ameliorate these trends in terms of thinking about rather than concentrating and clustering these difficulties, dealing with the additional costs that come with those, they can do things like zone for affordable housing and mixed income areas. not just reinvesting in these neighborhoods to create opportunities but opening up opportunities elsewhere in the region where there might be better jobs and better...
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government helicopters arrived and sniper fire intensified. muse had to flee the area after being grazed by a ricocheted bullet. a particularly sad aspect to the destruction is that aleppo has historically been home not only to layers of civilization and religions, but an interaction between them. julian raby showed us an example in one of his museum's most prized possessions, a large cauldron. >> it's an extraordinary object, it's one of the most elaborate of all of these silver-inlayed vessels from the 13th century. but it's extraordinary because it combines imagery that's typical of muslim princes: polo. >> brown: yeah, i see them on horseback playing. >> right, right. and then, little vignettes taken from the life of jesus. >> brown: this is literally the- - the cultures intertwined. >> intertwined. >> brown: in the meantime, as the battles continue, outside experts fear the destruction of this cultural history will only grow. >> it is truly a loss for world heritage. >> brown: kishore rao is the head of unesco's world heritage center. >>
government helicopters arrived and sniper fire intensified. muse had to flee the area after being grazed by a ricocheted bullet. a particularly sad aspect to the destruction is that aleppo has historically been home not only to layers of civilization and religions, but an interaction between them. julian raby showed us an example in one of his museum's most prized possessions, a large cauldron. >> it's an extraordinary object, it's one of the most elaborate of all of these silver-inlayed...
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when one feels that the government, whichever government, is not really doing the thing to preserve that dignity, then we should get angry or outraged, if you want. >> suarez: we'll continue this conversation online. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> ifill: finally tonight, the experiences of women in wartime and peacetime. that's the subject of a five- part series produced by our pbs colleagues at wnet new york. this excerpt tells the story of an all-female army team reaching out to women in rural parts of afghanistan. the narrator is actress geena davis. >> reporter: the u.s. military in afghanistan realized it had made a crucial mistake. it was failing to connect with half the country's population. rural afghan women, the rarely seen by outsiders, hold the key to understanding life in the villages. by not fully engaging them, the military was missing out on a vital source of information. and an opportunity to win hearts and minds. >> let's go, girls. >> reporter: army sergeant first class abby blaisdell leads a female engagement team or f.e.t., one of about 75 such teams now ope
when one feels that the government, whichever government, is not really doing the thing to preserve that dignity, then we should get angry or outraged, if you want. >> suarez: we'll continue this conversation online. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> ifill: finally tonight, the experiences of women in wartime and peacetime. that's the subject of a five- part series produced by our pbs colleagues at wnet new york. this excerpt tells the story of an all-female army team...
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a lot of the technology came out of government research, so government can do more than solar. i mean, government can do research related to fossil fuels as well and make things better. nuclear, there's a lot of stuff there that could be improved. >> brown: what about that, mr. bryce. isn't it the case that government is already involved in so many different ways in all kinds of sectors of the energy industry. >> well, look, there's no question about that. and i am adamantly pro nuclear. i think if the u.s. is really serious about reducing co2 emissions, then we should be aggressively moving towards nuclear and in particular modular reactors, and if possible, fueled with thorium. i think this is tremendously positive. but the reality is right now that nuclear is priced ow of the market. why? because of low-cost natural gas. exleon said they could not build nuclear plant in the u.s. with natural gas prices below $8. the reality is the shale revolution that's now under way for both shale oil and shale gas, is the best news in the u.s. energy sector since the discovery of the east
a lot of the technology came out of government research, so government can do more than solar. i mean, government can do research related to fossil fuels as well and make things better. nuclear, there's a lot of stuff there that could be improved. >> brown: what about that, mr. bryce. isn't it the case that government is already involved in so many different ways in all kinds of sectors of the energy industry. >> well, look, there's no question about that. and i am adamantly pro...
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government bonds, we're told. krugman counters that the interest rate is now at an all-time low >> if this isn't the time to be spending a lot more on things that are useful like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads, when is is the time? if you are a businessman and somebody said, okay, you have a bunch of investment opportunities and right now we'll let you borrow money for nothing, you would be derelict in your duty if you didn't do it. >> reporter: but isn't too much debt a bad thing? >> yes, of course it is. but by allowing this extremely high unemployment to persist, we are damaging the future. not just current gain versus future pain. we have almost four million people who have been out of work for more than a year. those people are... many of them will never reenter the work force. those are the future tax payers of america which means we're cutting into our future budget position. amazing amounts of stuff we're talking about is actually in adam smith >> reporter: as a columnist, author
government bonds, we're told. krugman counters that the interest rate is now at an all-time low >> if this isn't the time to be spending a lot more on things that are useful like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads, when is is the time? if you are a businessman and somebody said, okay, you have a bunch of investment opportunities and right now we'll let you borrow money for nothing, you would be derelict in your duty if you didn't do it. >> reporter: but isn't...
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so he could reach that blend of fiscal conservative and small government, limited government, get rid of the deficit. at the same time he could talk about social issues. >> brown: terry, what about as a legislator in the state and then in the senate? what became the key sort of issues that he worked on or became associated with? one was welfare reform, right? >> absolutely. he was a leader for welfare reform. by the way, that's the first time we really see this aspect of sort of the religious issues, moral issues come to play when he fought for and insisted on faith-based grants and tax cut, you know, use of the money in we will... welfare to go to faith-based organizations. as a senator he did and critics are accurate he did fight and brought home hundreds of millions of dollars for pennsylvania projects. he supported minimum wage. he was never cozy or close to the unions but he was certainly helpful to u.s. steel. he worked on projects for the pharmaceutical and technology industries in the south eastern part of the state. he was a typical sort of light- blue, if i can, senator who
so he could reach that blend of fiscal conservative and small government, limited government, get rid of the deficit. at the same time he could talk about social issues. >> brown: terry, what about as a legislator in the state and then in the senate? what became the key sort of issues that he worked on or became associated with? one was welfare reform, right? >> absolutely. he was a leader for welfare reform. by the way, that's the first time we really see this aspect of sort of the...